RSCVA: Reno-Tahoe tourism hits 5-year high in 2013

9:43 AM,
Jan. 23, 2014

Cars pass under the Reno Arch on Aug. 9 during the Hot August Nights Cruise.
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Cars pass under the Reno Arch during the Hot August Nights Cruise on Friday, August 9, 2013. Ross Brinkerhoff/ RGJ.

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Bill O?Driscoll
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Last year was the best for Reno-Tahoe tourism since 2008, officials said Wednesday, led by the first double-digit increase in taxable room revenues in more than a decade.

Year-end figures show lodging-related economic indicators rising on several fronts, notably room rates, which reached a daily average of $83.66 for all hotels in Washoe County in 2013, up 9.6 percent from 2012 and the biggest annual increase since 2007.

"After five years of little growth, Reno-Tahoe hotels and resorts enjoyed considerable improvements in taxable revenues," said Chris Baum, CEO of the Reno-Sparks ...